Let us consider what the Bible says about the omnipotence of our Creator and His ability to help everyone who turns to Him for help and mercy. The verses in the picture, Isaiah 45:5-7, tell us that He is Almighty, and John 3:16, tells us about His love for us and His ability to save all of us who believe in His Son, HaMashiach Yeshua.
The most common question from someone waiting to die
I listened Thursday to a morning devotional in which the hospital chaplain told us about the question that most often arises from a dying and suffering patient: "Why is there so much evil and suffering in the world and why do I have to suffer terrible pain?"
The difficulty is usually that understanding the arguments given by the Bible requires faith in its authority, truthfulness, and reliability. Only a person who truly believes can understand it, because only the Holy Spirit is able to make a person understand the message of the Bible. The Holy Spirit is given only to those who follow Adonai Yeshua. The Bible must be read a lot, often, and one must remain before its message in humble prayer.
The hospital chaplain replied: "I don't know." This is one of the most difficult questions. It cannot be explained by human understanding, but only the Bible provides a reliable answer. If the hospital chaplain had known the Bible well enough, her answer would have been: "I know the answer, because the Bible tells the reasons for that."
This is why there is evil and suffering in the world
Evil and the suffering and death that it causes came into the world because of the disobedience of our ancestors, when they, contrary to the clear prohibition and command of our Creator, ate the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Because they rebelled against their Creator by their actions, their souls and those of their descendants became polluted. Therefore, suffering and death came to all of us. Gen. 2:16-17
>>16 Then the Yehowah Elohim commanded the man, "You may freely eat fruit from every tree of the orchard, 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will surely die."<<
Before I explain further reasons for this, let me mention that just yesterday I read the book of the prophet Jeremiah. Its chapters 41...44 were in order, because I now read the Bible daily. This is exactly the 50th time since the beginning. I also read the NT Scriptures daily from the beginning. Yesterday, the Letter to the Hebrews chapter 11 verses 30-40 was in order. In them we can find answers to our sufferings also in this time.
Jeremiah pronounced harsh judgments against Israel
The Jews and the Israelites who had escaped the Babylonian exile wanted to flee to Egypt, despite Jeremiah’s warning from Yehowah. They went there, even though they promised to obey the instructions that Yehowah would give Jeremiah. The instructions did not please them. Therefore, Jeremiah had very harsh words of judgment against them. Jer. 44:13-14
>>13 I will punish those who live in the land of Egypt with war, starvation, and disease just as I punished Jerusalem. 14 None of the Judean remnant who have come to live in the land of Egypt will escape or survive to return to the land of Judah. Though they long to return and live there, none of them shall return except a few fugitives.'"<<
Current people will be punished too if there is reason
Every nation and its inhabitants who fulfill the measure of their sins will face severe punishment from the hand of our Creator, as it did to Israel in ancient times. The punishment will gradually become harsher. First, mass unemployment will strike. Then the economy will begin to stagnate, debt will swell, and the nation and its inhabitants will become 'prisoners of debt' to their creditors. Natural disasters are also whips in the hand of our Creator.
Furthermore, He still uses the armies of nations ruled by tyrants as instruments of His punishment. Wars will break out, famines and epidemics will spread, reaping death. Only genuine repentance and turning to the Creator for mercy can turn a curse into a blessing. Unfortunately, in this era of Pride (pride and sexual debauchery), wicked laws have undermined moral and righteous living, especially in the West!
The shocking message of the Letter to the Hebrews
Our Creator, through the Apostle Paul, tells us in the Letter to the Hebrews what has really happened in the history of human suffering and what our generation will face if we do not soon turn from our path leading to destruction to Him! Hebr. 11:35-40
>>35 and women received back their dead raised to life. But others were tortured, not accepting release, to obtain resurrection to a better life. 36 And others experienced mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.
37 They were stoned, sawed apart, murdered with the sword; they went about in sheepskins and goatskins; they were destitute, afflicted, ill-treated 38 (the world was not worthy of them); they wandered in deserts and mountains and caves and openings in the earth.
39 And these all were commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised. 40 For Elohim had provided something better for us, so that they would be made perfect together with us.<<
That description also applies to today's real refugees who are persecuted because they have turned from paganism and heresies to follow Adonai Yeshua! Western countries - and even more so other countries as muslim- and atheist countries - will eventually be held accountable for how they have treated the persecuted Christian people!
The greatest sins of today's people
The greatest and most deadly sin of all is still today that people do not believe in Adonai Yeshua and his teachings as written in the correctly translated Bible. All other sins are only a consequence of that! John 16:8-9
>>8 And when he comes, he will prove the world wrong concerning sin and righteousness and judgment - 9 concerning sin, because they do not believe in me;<<
That description also applies to today's real refugees who are persecuted because they have turned from paganism and heresies to follow Adonai Yeshua! Western countries - and even more so other countries as muslim- and atheist countries - will eventually be held accountable for how they have treated the persecuted Christian people!
The greatest sins of today's people
The greatest and most deadly sin of all is still today that people do not believe in Adonai Yeshua and his teachings as written in the correctly translated Bible. All other sins are only a consequence of that! John 16:8-9
>>8 And when he comes, he will prove the world wrong concerning sin and righteousness and judgment - 9 concerning sin, because they do not believe in me;<<
Other major sins, which can clearly see today, are the same sins as the ancient inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah: 2 Peter 2:4-6
>>4 For Elohim did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to the abyss, to the pits of darkness, and delivered them to be reserved for judgment. 5 And spared not the ancient world, but saved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, with seven others, but brought in the flood upon the world of the ungodly. 6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes condemned them to destruction, making them an example to those who henceforth live ungodly.<<
Ezekiel prophesies about the Sodomites 16:49-50
>>49 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom: pride, fulness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. 50 They were haughty and practiced abominable deeds before me. Therefore when I saw it I removed them.<<
For example, in Finland's 6th largest city, Turku, there were about 470 homeless poor people in 2024, about 2.3/1000 inhabitants and a total of 204,618 inhabitants. Think about how they will survive the nights if the coming winter brings some nights of frost to -20 C (-4 F), which is not uncommon! As a result of the Finnish right-wing government's social policy that favors the rich, more and more low-income people are being evicted from their homes, even though they work.
The same social policy that oppresses the poor is common in many countries!
Finally, some verses that tell of the love of our Creator's heart for all of us, His creatures: Ezekiel 18:23 and 1 Tim. 2:1-4
Ezekiel 18:23 >>Do I actually delight in the death of the wicked, declares the Sovereign Yehowah? Do I not prefer that he turn from his wicked conduct and live?<<
1 Tim. 2:1-4 >>1 First of all, then, I urge that requests, prayers, intercessions, and thanks be offered on behalf of all people, 2 even for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.
3 Such prayer for all is good and welcomed before Elohim our Savior, 4 since he wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.<<
Suitable songs
Bo Ruach Elohim (Come Spirit of God)
By Faith
Holy, Holy, Holy | Worthy is the Lamb
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